Molecular Biology
Detailed analysis of the biochemical mechanisms that control the maintenance, expression, and evolution of prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes. Topics covered in lecture and readings of relevant literature include: gene regulation, DNA replication, genetic recombination, and mRNA translation. Logic of experimental design and data analysis emphasized. Presentations include both lectures and group discussions of representative papers from the literature. Students taking the graduate version are expected to explore the subject in greater depth.
Spring 2023 · 7.28x Molecular Biology
This course is an in-depth adventure through the molecular mechanisms that control the maintenance, expression, and evolution of prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes. Through lectures and readings of relevant literature, students will explore gene regulation, DNA replication, genetic recombination, transcription, and mRNA translation. The quizzes are designed to build students' experimental design and data analysis skills. This course, based on the MIT course *7.28/7.58 Molecular Biology* taken by enrolled MIT students, was organized as a three-part series offered through the MITx program by {{% resource_link "38345481-e999-41a5-9da0-60b75d3229a4" "MIT’s Department of Biology" %}}. It is {{% resource_link "a9d6ede0-eef9-47a8-a847-43b0a18037cc" "self-paced and free" %}} as long as you enroll in the Audit Track option, which you can select after creating a free account on MITx Online.
Prerequisites & course information
Subject meets with 7.28 Prereq: 7.03 , 7.05 , and permission of instructor G (Spring) 5-0-7 units
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- MIT OpenCourseWare ↗Spring 2023
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.